observation 14

"Reinventing America. Call for  New Identity" starts off by saying a lot about what if racism and minority/majorities were reversed. It is definatley an interesting thing to start thinking about. One example that I thought was really interesting was when she used the example of the dick and jane books (the ones that little kids use to learn simple words and how to read) and how now a days there are people out there who would like to go back to those times when using the stereotypical white people were the clear cut version of what was right. Another interesting example was an ad for Time Magazine that is discussed. It is a bunch of babies in their hospital cribs, all of them black with the exception of one and a caption that says "Hey whitey! It's your turn at the back of the bus!" It is interesting to think about the possibility of all of that changing. To think that the current minority now could become the majority. I don't know if it it necessarily possible but it's cool to think about how much everything would change if that were the case.